D.C. Council member Vincent B. Orange, who appears to be angling for a future run for mayor or D.C. Council chairman, wants to limit council members to two consecutive terms but make their jobs “full-time” and raise their salaries to as much as $170,000 a year. Orange, who returned to the council in April after more than four years in the private sector, gathered reporters Monday morning to announce his agenda for what he called “a new deal for the District of Columbia.” Read full article >>